Life as a carbon-based life form; a journey of building on success and learning from mistakes.

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:09:31 +1100

UXC acquires Glue AP Pty Ltd

As of September 10th, 2009 I am employed by Red Rock Consulting within the Business Practice - Middleware/SOA division.

I have 17,500 share options with Glue since they startup three years ago, the actual amount of which the company was sold for was less than what I'd expected. UXC Limited is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Red Rock Consulting has completed the acquisition of all the shares of Glue AP Pty Ltd (Glue).

Glue is a small specialist provider of Service Orientated Architecture (SOA) consulting, Enterprise Architecture and Application Integration services and has achieved great success with a number of blue chip customers. Glue will combine with Red Rock's existing SOA practice thus consolidating the leading Australian SOA businesses at both the strategy and delivery layers...

Mum and Dad at their 30

Looking into the past.

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:13:20 +1100

The 2009 Lowy Institute Poll

An intertesting independent think tank's perspective on Australia view of the world. I'm keeping a beat on the how Australia will evolve being a "western country" in the Asia Pacific region. How will Australia position itself when China becomes the world superpower in the next decade? The fifth annual Lowy Institute Poll surveys Australian public opinion on a broad range of foreign policy issues. New questions this year cover the priority given to action on climate change, public attitudes towards relations with the US and China, foreign investment, asylum seekers, how to deal with Iran and perceptions about nuclear threats. The Poll also repeated a number of questions asked in previous years, revealing important trends in Australian public opinion over the last five years.